Agatu Towns And Villages

Agatu is a Local Government Area in Benue State, Nigeria, in the Idoma-majority Benue South senatorial zone. Its headquarters is Obagaji, on the Benue River. The 2006 census counted 115,597 people; the 2022 projection puts the population at 166,900.

Agatu was carved from the old Otukpo division in 1996. It has ten wards: Egba, Enungba, Obagaji, Odugbeho, Ogbaulu, Ogwule-Kaduna, Ogwule Ogbaulu, Okokolo, Oshigbudu and Usha. Farming and river fishing drive the local economy; yam, rice, cassava and soybeans are the main crops. Melvin Ejeh chairs the local government. The postal code for the area is 972108.

The list below was checked name by name against 2015 INEC ward and polling-unit records, the GRID3 settlement gazetteer, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap and the Agatu Wikipedia entry.

  1. Abalichi
  2. Abugbe
  3. Adagbo
  4. Adana
  5. Agbadumo
  6. Aila
  7. Ajomachi
  8. Akele
  9. Akoro
  10. Akpeke
  11. Akwu
  12. Ashomo
  13. Atakpa
  14. Ayele
  15. Ebete
  16. Edeje
  17. Egba
  18. Egwuma
  19. Ejima
  20. Ekwo
  21. Ello
  22. Engila
  23. Enicha
  24. Enogoje
  25. Enungba
  26. Ichogolugwu
  27. Iga-Gishu
  28. Igboji
  29. Ikpele
  30. Inminyi
  31. Obagaji
  32. Obanowa
  33. Obishu
  34. Odejo
  35. Odugbeho
  36. Ogam
  37. Ogbangede
  38. Ogbaulu
  39. Ogule
  40. Ogwufa
  41. Ogwule Ogbaulu
  42. Ogwule Ugbokpo
  43. Ogwule-Ankpa
  44. Ogwule-Kaduna
  45. Ogwumogbo
  46. Okadu
  47. Okokolo
  48. Okpagabi
  49. Okpanchenyi
  50. Okpokpolo
  51. Olechologba
  52. Olegabulu
  53. Olegeje
  54. Olegetonu
  55. Olegobidu
  56. Olegochepo
  57. Olegoga
  58. Omikwidi
  59. Onugba
  60. Oshigbudu
  61. Oweto
  62. Ugboju
  63. Usha
  64. Utugolugwu
  65. Warri